Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Gluten-Free Berry-Nut Muffins

I went berry-picking yesterday. It's still early in the season, so it was slim pickin's. I only got a handful of black raspberries, but then I discovered a tree with black berries on it! I picked what I could from the ground, but only got about a cupful.

This is a picture of the branch I broke off and brought home. I've got it in water, hoping it will take root and I'll be able to plant my own blackberry tree. According to an online tree identification site, it's a mulberry tree. You can see a couple of white berries on the stem over at the left.

So, this morning I had a cupful of berries, and felt like getting creative, so I took a recipe for chocolate chip muffins, tweaked it a bit, and made some Berry-Nut muffins that turned out really well. Sometimes gluten-free muffins look a little too pale. With the blueberry yogurt, these browned up very nicely. Here's the recipe:

About Me

I've been married for 30 years, have three girls (28, 26 & 18), have been secretary for our church for 14 years, and have been trying to lose weight my entire life... When I'm fighting the "Battle of the Bulge, sometimes I fight like a champion... and sometimes I fight like a wimp. Working on getting back to that "champion" status.